The best books of 2016, according to Bill Gates

1. String Theory , David Foster Wallis
2. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
3. Genes , Siddhartha Mukherjee
4. The myth of a strong leader , Archie Brown
5. Worth mentioning: Network , Gretchen Bakke

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Bill Gates is one of those amazing people who manage to read a book a week. On the eve of the Christmas holidays, he traditionally names the best books he has read in a year, and some have already dubbed this list “geek book rating,” says the Internet portal Ain .

“If you are looking for something to read during the holiday weekend, I can recommend you some of the best books I've read this year. They cover an eclectic range of topics, from tennis and tennis shoes to genomics and leadership. All of them are very well written, and each of them has swallowed me up like a hare's hole full of unexpected insights and pleasures, ”the billionaire writes.

String Theory , David Foster Wallis

This book has nothing to do with physics, but it will allow you to look smarter if you read it, say, in the subway or plane. String theory is a collection of 4 best stories about tennis, a sport that I could not master, being at the helm of Microsoft, and who again passionately trying to conquer.

To get pleasure from this book, not necessarily to get involved in the game or even watching tennis games. The author uses the pen as skillfully as Roger Federer does with a tennis racket. And in this book, as in his other brilliant works, Wallace bends language forms, like Neo - a metal spoon.

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

These memoirs of Nike's co-founder are a refreshingly honest reminder of how business success may look like: a dirty, strewn path with stones and traps.

In recent years, I have met with Knight several times. He is super-friendly, but also quite secretive, it is hard to truly know. In his book, Knight is revealed as very few CEOs are willing to open up. I do not think that Knight is trying to teach the reader something. He pursues a more interesting goal. He tells the story as honestly as possible. This is an amazing story.

Genes , Siddhartha Mukherjee

Doctors are considered a “triple threat” because they treat people, train medical students and conduct research. Mukherjee, who does all of this at Columbia University, is a “4-fold threat” because he is also a Pulitzer Prize winner as an author.

In his latest book, Mukherjee takes us past, present and future genetics with a special focus on the ethical issue of great importance, which was provoked by recent advances in genomic technology. Mukherjee wrote his book for non-specialists in this matter, because he understands that new genomic technologies are close to touching everyone very strongly.

The myth of a strong leader , Archie Brown

The ferocious election race of this year prompted me to read this book, published in 2014 by a professor at Oxford University who taught political leadership - good, bad, evil - for more than 50 years. Brown shows that the leaders who make the most notable contribution to history and humanity as a whole are not the ones we consider “strong leaders.” And those who collaborate, delegate and agree - and understand that no one on Earth can and should not know all the answers.

Brown could hardly know how useful his book would be in 2016.

Worth mentioning: Network , Gretchen Bakke

This book is about our aging electrical network fits into one of my favorite genres: books about ordinary things that really fascinate. This topic is fascinating to me partly because my first job was to create software for controllers of the power system in the North-West. But even if you never thought about how energy gets into your homes, I think this book will convince you that electrical networks are one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world. And I think you will understand why network upgrading is so complex and critical for creating a future of clean energy.

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